Keiretsu and relationship-specific investment: implications for market-opening trade policy

This paper considers the implications of relationship-specific investment within keiretsu for policies aimed at opening the Japanese market for intermediate goods, such as auto-parts. Both VIEs applied to parts and VERs restricting Japanese exports of autos cause the keiretsu to import a wider range of parts, but of a relatively unimportant type, such as seat covers. Since keiretsu investment and output fall, the total value of US parts exports may actually fall. For a given value of these exports, a VIE is less costly for US consumers and Japanese producers, but a VER is preferred by US automakers.     

跨国企业的转让定价策略--基于价值链的案例研究

在全球价值链分工日益成熟的背景下,跨国企业的关联交易安排日益复杂,如何制定转让定价规则以保证整体税负和风险水平同时较低成为跨国企业面临的新问题。通过W集团在关联交易中转让定价策略的案例,运用价值链分析和功能风险分析,从企业价值创造和税收产生的源头着眼,沿着价值链的推进分析了VIE模式的跨国企业在转让定价中的税负与风险问题。基于价值链分析构建出跨国企业的转让定价分析模型,可为跨国企业制定转让定价策略提供新思路,也有助于丰富价值链分析的应用领域。     

Accounting for complex investment transactions

This case study exposes students to complex investment transactions. You must document the following: (1) apply the appropriate accounting literature along with its provisions and justify the order of its application; (2) identify and interpret key facts to classify the given investments and relations; (3) discuss the choice of key assumptions that are central to the analysis; (4) interpret the nature of all investment relations with Holdings; discuss all Owner level and below relations; (5) discuss how accounting for varied levels of influence impact the items reported on/off the face of investors' financial statements; (6) from DT's perspective, discuss the potential positives and negatives of its arrangement with Owner with respect to Holdings; and (7) after analyzing additional facts, discuss the nature of the relations of Simon and Herb III with Owner.     

论对“协议控制”模式的监管

"协议控制"模式的监管走向近来为各界所关注。本文梳理与分析了这一融资模式的基本法律架构及特征、法律性质、产生与蔓延的规制环境及监管现状,探讨了监管改善对策。建议以证监会为主导,完善境外间接上市法律监管体系,统筹管理红筹模式、协议控制等境外间接上市架构,坚持宽严适度的约束与规范,注重国际证券监管合作。     

VIE模式之法律风险与制度回应探究——兼论投资阿里巴巴的风险

VIE架构的本质就是通过协议控制的方式取代法定的股权控制。对于VIE架构,既可以将其定性为金融创新的产物,一项与时俱进的制度性创造,也可以理解为是对于某些国内法律法规的规避。本文界定了VIE基本概念,对于其风险进行了分析,提出了相关制度措施。     

对返程投资中采用VIE结构运作模式的研究与思考

本文对可变利益实体(VIE)结构的特点及在国内的发展状况进行阐述,并通过企业实际案例对VIE结构的政策合规风险、所有权控制风险及可能导致的违规资金流动风险等进行剖析,在此基础上提出了完善VIE结构的政策建议。